Westboro Baptist protesters met with counter-picket

Westboro Baptist Church members protesting outside a Lorde concert in Kansas City were met with a counter-picket.

A widely retweeted photo shows people holding a sign reading "sorry for your loss", with the post "Westboro Baptist was protesting outside a Lorde concert in KC tonight. These guys were across street from them."

Church members had promised to picket outside Lorde's concert in the city. The pop star responded on Twitter by asking her fans to wear rainbow colours to the concert, but has since deleted the tweets.

US news reports showed Westboro members holding up anti-gay signs outside the venue, with a large group on the opposite side of the road holding opposing signs.